Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Parent taxon: Balistoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Santini and Tyler 2003, Sorbini and Tyler 2004, Tyler and Santini 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: Balistidae, Balistoidea, Bolcabalistoidea, Eotrigonodontidae, Moclaybalistoidea, Triacanthoidea
Subtaxa: Aluterus Amanses Frigocanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Peru (2 collections), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (1), Peru (1), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence